Dicerogastra jensergabori, Ronkay & Gyulai & Ronkay, 2017

Ronkay, László, Gyulai, Péter & Ronkay, Gábor, 2017, The Survey Of The Himalayan-Sino-Tibetan Species Of The Genus Dicerogastra Fletcher, 1961 (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae, Hadeninae), With The Description Of Two New Species From China, Acta Zoologica Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae 63 (1), pp. 17-28 : 26-28

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.17109/AZH.63.1.17.2017
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03AD9170-FB6E-FFCF-C6E4-2EA6E876FE5A
treatment provided by	Felipe
scientific name	Dicerogastra jensergabori
status	sp. nov.

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Dicerogastra jensergabori sP. n.

( Figs 11, 12 View Figs 9–14 , 29 View Figs 25–29 )

HolotyPe, female, China, WSichuan, Kangdingcity , 3000–3500 m, 23–27.VII.2007, leg. nativecollector, slideNo. GYP4361 f (coll. PGY).

Diagnosis – WingsPan 33 mm, lengthofforewing 17 mm. Female. Pu- bescenceofheadandbodyandgroundcolourofmedianandterminalar- easofforewingdeePbrownwhereascostalmargin, basalandsubterminal fieldsochreous- brownwithweekreddish-brownsuffusion. Antemedialand Postmedialcrosslinesdarkbrown, finebutwelldiscernible, Postmedialline stronglyserrate; subterminallinePaleochreous, sinuous, followedbymoreor lesscontinuousdarkshadeatinnerside. Orbicularstigmatiny, blackoutlined, reniformstigmaregularlyshaPed, bothstigmatabrown, latteronemoreorless stronglywhitishencircledandfilled; claviformstigmablackish. Hindwings almostuniformlycuPreousbrownwithfinediscalsPot. Maleunknown.

Dicerogastrajensergabori differseXternallyfromitsrathersimilarconge- ners, D. ferrisparsa ( Figs 1–2 View Figs 1–8 ) and D. euxoides ( Figs 7–10 View Figs 1–8 View Figs 9–14 ), by its weakly dark brownsuffusedlightochreous- browncolouredbasalandsubterminalfields, moredistinctlymarked (butnotwhitishdefined) andsomewhatdifferently shaPedantemedialandPostmediallines. ThesubterminallineisPalerand moresinuous, andthehindwingisgenerallydarkerthanin D. ferrisparsa . The seParation from D. costigerodes ( Figs 3–6 View Figs 1–8 ) is much easier, due to its smaller size (33 mmand 37–39 mm, resPectively), shorterforewingaPeX, darkerandless ProminentcostalstriPe, deePbrownsuffusioninbasalandmarginalfields, and theratherunicolorousbrownhindwingswithwell- visibledarkcellularsPot.

Thefemalegenitaliaof D. jensergabori ( Fig. 29 View Figs 25–29 ) canbedistinguishedfrom thoseofitsclosestrelative, D. euxoides , bytheconsPicuous, stronglysclerotis-

jensergabori sP. n., holotyPe, GYP4361 f

edsurfaceofthedistalPartofaPPendiXbursae, thisfeatureisuniquewithin theeasternAsiaticmembersofthegenus ( seeFigs 25–29 View Figs 25–29 ).

Bionomicsanddistribution – Sino- Tibetan. ThenewsPeciesisknown fromthetyPelocality ( China, Sichuan) only, byasinglefemale; accordingly nosymPatricoccurrencewith D. euxoides isknown.

Etymology – ThenewsPeciesisdedicatedtothelateDrGáborJenser, famouseXPert

ofThysanoPtera.